While fall is just around the corner, I'm hoping that summer is still coming! We've had so much rain and cold weather this summer. I guess that I really hope that we'll have enough sunny days this Fall to make up for the bad summer.

This mosaic was inspired by Rachel (Stitched in Color) and the Halloween/Fall Mug Rug Swap on Flick.

Filled with all those lovely ideas I decided to sew some fall items, such as mug rugs, pillows, etc.

This is my first mug rug! The second one is coming soon! When my mug rugs are finished I'm going to start working on a few pillows for on my boring brown sofa.

One of my colleagues is expecting a baby soon. I'm so excited for her and decided to make her a little present. It is little baby blankie, with a piece of rustling foil inside. It seemed a bit girlie to me, but she wouldn't tell us if it will be a boy or a girl!

The last few weeks I've been busy basting and hand quilting my big black and white quilt. It will take me a few weeks, maybe months, but I'm sure that it'll be worth all the work.

Yesterday I found this treasure at a second hand store. It is a book from 1976 with sewing and quilting patterns! Some of the patterns for skirts, dresses and tops are very cute, but this little outfit for a boy is very outdated!

Hello friends and followers, I would love to welcome you to a Wantobe Quilters Campaign over here. They are having quilting supplies to giveaway 5 x a week for 12 weeks.

Supplies that will have you quilting before you know it...From sewing machines to irons, to die cutters,to mats, to rotary cutters, sewing baskets, scissors, batting, needles, rolled sewing machine bags, patterns, books, magazines...everything you could imagine to assist you in being a NEW Quilter.  Even if you are already part of this community you can win quilting stuff too...Tuesday and Thursday are days for us..

All you have to do is give me your name and phone number and email sew I can submit this to the organizer, because if you win anything I can win something too. All you have to do is register with me and become a follower over at Sew We Quilt @ Stash Manicure....That is all! There are over 49 Sponsors involved. I am pretty excited to be part of this, sew should you. I love being a QUILTER!

( p.s you will not be eligible to win anything if you do not register with a blogger where you see this message)

Remember this preview in January and this one in May? Finally this top is finished!!

I'm very pleased with it. I wanted to make something pretty for on our bed. I love flowers and different prints, but my husband doesn't and the main color of our bedroom is gray. I chose to go with a lot of different grays, blacks and beige. To spice it up a bit I used red strips.

It is not sandwiched yet and I'm not looking forward to that. Maybe I'll start a few other projects before I do that ;-)

My inspiration came from Ashley's String Quilts and Flee Market Fancy Quilt. Ashley makes the most beautiful quilts.

1. Danish people are very friendly, are always willing to help and speak English very well!
2. Denmark has lovely beaches and beautiful country side.

3. It is easy to rent a bicycle and explore Denmark from the bicycle paths. (You reach places where cars aren't allowed.)
4. There is always a beach nearby!
5. The capital city of Copenhagen is a interesting city. The historical center is compact and can easily be visited on foot or bicycle.
6. Denmark has a lot of history and they are proud of it! For example one of the royal residences, build in 1606, has been a museum since 1838 or Stevns Fort, a Cold war fort build in 1953 to keep an eye on the Russians in the Baltic sea.
7. Lego is from Denmark and is sold everywhere! Even in this 'candy store'! (My husband particularly liked this)

8. Something we really enjoyed: music is everywhere! On the streets, in restaurants...even on our campsite!
9. They have Hytters! Very cute little cabins for rent on campsite, when you don't like to camp in a tent or camper.

10. Patchworkstores are everywhere!! (I was very aware of the fact that I have enough fabrics already and the car was packed with camping gear, so I only bought one big piece of background fabric. I'm so proud of myself!)

(11. It is always good to be back home and sleep in your bed and take a shower in your own bathroom!)

Thanks to all the people participating in the sew mama sew giveaway! I received so many ideas for new quilts.

Yay, I'm participating the Sew mama sew giveaway! I'll be giving away this little quilted wall hanging. It measures 42 cm by 42 cm (16.5 inch).

To participate, all you have to do is to give me ideas for new quilts! Leave a comment before May 25. If you do, be sure to leave a link to a website with a lovely quilt pattern and leave your e-mail address.

On May 26 I'll pick a winner with Random.org and before the 31st I'll be more than happy to send it to any place in the world!

The winner is nr. 77 Suzanne:
That quilt would look awesome in DD's bedroom! Thanks for the chance to win!
What to quilt next? um How about a Chinese coin quilt? with a couple applique bugs for a summer picnic quilt?


Congratulations! Thanks to everyone who participated and gave me new ideas for the next quilt.

Remember my husbands quilt I told you about last time. I decided not to throw it away, but to wash it and fix the ugly parts.

This is project #3 that I started... I suppose that I have to finish these three first and then start a few new projects! Does anyone else have those problems of starting too many sewing projects?













I'm sorry I don't post as much as I would like to do, but these 3 quilts and all the plants that are coming up in my garden (lettuce, strawberries, sunflowers) are taking up so much of my time.